Validation of Screening Questions for Hyperacusis in Chronic Tinnitus

Table 1

Association of hyperacusis screening and questionnaire items.

	Pain hyperacusis screening question; -test (df = 159)	Loudness hyperacusis screening question; -test (df = 4,156)	Factor 1 loadings; Quality of daily life	Factor 2 loadings; Fear-pain hyperacusis	Factor 3 loadings; Hearing-related problems
GÜF items
(1) Fear of former not-disturbing sounds	;	;	0.411		(0.307)
(2) Worries to habituate	;	;	0.592 (0.575)
(3) Problems to listen in environmental noise	t  =  5.042;  p  <  0.001	F  =  11.682;  p  <  0.001			0.759 (0.857)
(4) Social tensions with family	;	;	0.547 (0.419)
(5) Sound avoidance	t  =  9.706;  p  <  0.001	F  =  16.703;  p  <  0.001		0.797 (0.479)
(6) Fear of noise	t  =  4.510;  p  <  0.001	F  =  10.943;  p  <  0.001		0.594 (0.520)
(7) Ruined life due to hyperacusis	;	;	0.810 (0.853)
(8) Hearing problems in environmental noise	2.861;	F  =  6.028;  p  <  0.001			0.601 (0.653)
(9) Social withdrawal of others	;	;	0.572 (0.484)
(10) Anger about loud sounds	t  =  3.497;  p  =  0.001	F  =  5.613;  p  <  0.001	0.508	(0.594)
(11) Earache due to loud sounds	t  =  4.475;  p  <  0.001	;		0.445 (0.398)
(12) Daily life problems if problems persist	;	;	0.727 (0.628)
(13) Withdrawal from loud sounds	t  =  5.274;  p  <  0.001	F  =  10.471;  p  <  0.001		0.616 (0.670)
(14) Fear that sounds are damaging	t  =  3.588;  p  <  0.001	F  =  4.310;  p  =  0.00		0.533 (0.781)
(15) Disturbed enjoyment of music	;	;	0.435		(0.335)
Screening questions
Loudness hyperacusis	—	—		0.591
Pain hyperacusis	—	—		0.653

Bold font indicates significant effects corrected by Bonferroni (0.003 = 5%/15 contrasts per screening question). Numbers in brackets indicate factor loadings of patients with tinnitus and hyperacusis only.